![]() ![]() Jean taught school for 20 years in Granby, CT. She has published several historical articles in the Mystic River Press. Jean grew up in their Wheeler Homestead and has access to many stories and papers left by them. Jean's ancestors are well know local historians from years back Richard A. Jean B Evans is the past president of The Denison Homestead in Mystic, CT which operates a 1717 historic house museum. * Archaeological Dig, Denison 1654 Stockade.* Civil War, 21st CT Regiment, Franklin Bentley.* Underground Railroad – Randall’s Ordinary. ![]() * Road Church-Combining Church and State.*Sanford Billings-Civil War, 21st Regiment.*Mystic Art Colony 1920’s, Denison Homestead Painting.Visitors are welcome to tour the house and see the Dig! In 1717 that manor house burned down and the current house was built by their grandson Captain George Denison and his wife Lucy Gallup Denison. In this home, he and Lady Ann raised their growing family until their deaths in 16, respectively. Most of those original acres are still owned by the Denison’s today. In 1663 Captain George raised his great manor house at Pequotsepos. He was granted 200 acres in 1654 by John Winthrop, Jr. Captain George Denison played a prominent role in early Mystic and New London history. McBride plans to come back next year to do phase II of the dig. Denison’s stockade.”Īfter 3 days of digging the archeologists feel they might have found the remains of Denison’s original lean-to house, built in 1654, a significant find! Dr. The Ct regiment under Major Trent, some 300 men, gathered at Capt. In December 1652, Captain George DENISON was granted two hundred acres just north and east of John MASONs land, with the Pequot-Sepos Brook as its southern boundary. Forever cognizant of the possibility of Indian attacks, he surrounded this rude home with a stout stockade, enclosing a spring and a couple of acres of land…. ![]() You can also connect with me via Facebook or Twitter.Information from historic documents -“ Here, in 1654, on a rocky knoll overlooking the meadows, Denison built a rough lean-to of poles and thick slabs of bark house with a stone fireplace and chimney at one end. I have two books available on : Y our Family History: Doing It Right the First Timeand Planning Your Genealogy Research Trip. I am a professional genealogist, writer, photographer, wife, mother, and grandma. Each one is unique and worth remembering. There were so many Headstones to choose from I had a hard time deciding which ones to post. This is the resting place of George Denison, grandson of Captain George and Ann. ![]() Over 100 Denisons joined him here until the cemetery closed in the mid-1800s. He was the first person buried on these grounds. John married Phoebe Lay on November 26, 1667. Born on June 14, 1646, in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts to George and Ann (Borrodell) Denison. Most of the markers are so badly worn that they are illegible, and many others are knocked over and broken.Ĭaptain John Borrodell Denison was the first of his family to be born in Colonial America. The family cemetery, however, is hard to find, abandoned, and alone in the woods. Their land has become a 250-acre nature center and the family home has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Of course, it helps that almost everyone buried there is related! The Denison family appears to have been a prominent one in the town of Mystic Connecticut. This week I thought I would concentrate on an entire cemetery instead of just one Ancestor who was buried there. ![]()
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